[ExI] QT and SR

[Damien Broderick]

At 12:20 PM 8/27/2008 -0700, Keith wrote:

>I can think of a macroscopic example of entanglement.

Maybe so, but this isn't it.

>Take a blue and a red marble, put in cup and shake.  In the dark put 
>one each in packages and mail to far off places.  Have recipients 
>open at the same time.  No matter how far apart they are, the color 
>of the one far off becomes known instantly when you see the local one.

Misses the key point that neither color is determined in advance, 
unless you have a nifty way to insert hidden variables that nobody 
else has managed to think of. (Well, t'Hooft, maybe.)

Damien Broderick